Historic Photos of Boston
Historic Photos of Boston

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Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2006-12-01

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 161858605X

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Historic Photos of Boston captures Beantown's"" past through photographs from the city's finest archives. From the Civil War period, to the turn of the century, to the building of a modern metropolis, Historic Photos of Boston follows life, government, education, and events from its extensive history. This book captures unique and rare scenes through the original lens of about 200 historic photographs. Published in striking black and white photography, these images communicate historic events and every day life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.""

Historic Photos of Boston
Historic Photos of Boston

Author: Timothy Orwig

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1596523050

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Historic Photos of Boston captures Beantown's"" past through photographs from the city's finest archives. From the Civil War period, to the turn of the century, to the building of a modern metropolis, Historic Photos of Boston follows life, government, education, and events from its extensive history. This book captures unique and rare scenes through the original lens of about 200 historic photographs. Published in striking black and white photography, these images communicate historic events and every day life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.""

Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography
Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography

Author: John Hannavy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 1630

ISBN-13: 1135873267

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The Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography is the first comprehensive encyclopedia of world photography up to the beginning of the twentieth century. It sets out to be the standard, definitive reference work on the subject for years to come. Its coverage is global – an important ‘first’ in that authorities from all over the world have contributed their expertise and scholarship towards making this a truly comprehensive publication. The Encyclopedia presents new and ground-breaking research alongside accounts of the major established figures in the nineteenth century arena. Coverage includes all the key people, processes, equipment, movements, styles, debates and groupings which helped photography develop from being ‘a solution in search of a problem’ when first invented, to the essential communication tool, creative medium, and recorder of everyday life which it had become by the dawn of the twentieth century. The sheer breadth of coverage in the 1200 essays makes the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography an essential reference source for academics, students, researchers and libraries worldwide.

The Last Amateur
The Last Amateur

Author: Stephen L. Dyson

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2014-08-12

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 1438452624

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Finalist for the 2014 ForeWord IndieFab Book of the Year Award in the Biography Category This fascinating biography tells the story of William J. Stillman (1828–1901), a nineteenth-century polymath. Born and raised in Schenectady, New York, Stillman attended Union College and began his career as a Hudson River School painter after an apprenticeship with Frederic Edwin Church. In the 1850s, he was editor of The Crayon, the most important journal of art criticism in antebellum America. Later, after a stint as an explorer-promoter of the Adirondacks, he became the American consul in Rome during the Civil War. When his diplomatic career brought him to Crete, he developed an interest in archaeology and later produced photographs of the Acropolis, for which he is best known today. In yet another career switch, Stillman became a journalist, serving as a correspondent for The Times of London in Rome and the Balkans. In 1871, he married his second wife, Marie Spartali, a Pre-Raphaelite painter, and continued to write about history and art until his death. One of the later products of the American Enlightenment, he lived a life that intersected with many strands of American and European culture. Stillman can indeed be called "the last amateur."

Photography and Place
Photography and Place

Author: Donna West Brett

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-12-07

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 1317565630

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As a recording device, photography plays a unique role in how we remember places and events that happened there. This includes recording events as they happen, or recording places where something occurred before the photograph was taken, commonly referred to as aftermath photography. This book presents a theoretical and historical analysis of German photography of place after 1945. It analyses how major historical ruptures in twentieth-century Germany and associated places of trauma, memory and history affected the visual field and the circumstances of looking. These ruptures are used to generate a new reading of postwar German photography of place. The analysis includes original research on world-renowned German photographers such as Thomas Struth, Thomas Demand, Michael Schmidt, Boris Becker and Thomas Ruff as well as photographers largely unknown in the Anglophone world.

Famous Photographs on Glass: Iconic Images Captured with Early Technology
Famous Photographs on Glass: Iconic Images Captured with Early Technology

Author: Mert Oktay

Publisher: Mert Oktay

Published:

Total Pages: 37

ISBN-13:

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Photography has come a long way since its inception in the early 19th century. Today, we have access to advanced cameras, lenses, and editing software that allow us to capture and manipulate images with incredible detail and precision. However, there is something to be said for the early technologies that gave birth to the medium we know and love today. This ebook, "Famous Photographs on Glass: Iconic Images Captured with Early Technology," explores the world of early photography and showcases some of the most iconic images captured with glass plate negatives. These images, taken with cameras that used collodion wet plate photography, offer a glimpse into a bygone era of photography, one that was marked by experimentation, innovation, and creativity. In this ebook, you'll discover the fascinating history of glass plate negatives and the photographers who used them to capture the world around them. You'll see famous photographs from the early days of photography, including portraits of Abraham Lincoln, landscapes by William Henry Jackson, and street scenes by Jacob Riis. Furthermore, this ebook will provide you with insights into the process of collodion wet plate photography, from preparing the glass plate to developing the final image. You'll also learn about the challenges and limitations of working with this early technology, including the need for a darkroom and the fragility of the glass plates. I hope this ebook will inspire you to explore the rich history of photography and appreciate the creativity and ingenuity of the photographers who paved the way for modern photography. Happy reading!